"With weights and measures just and true With stoves of even heat Well buttered tins and quiet nerves Success will be complete."

27 1/3 grains........ 1 dram

16 drams........ 1 ounce

16 ounces........ 1 pound

60 drops........ 1 teaspoon

3 teaspoons....... 1 tablespoon

4 tablespoons....... 1 wineglass,

1/2 gill, or 1/4 cup

16 tablespoons....... 1 cup

2 gills........ 1 cup

1/2 pint... ..... 1 cup

1 pint........ 2 cups

2 pints........ 1 quart

4 quarts........ 1 gallon

2 tablespoons butter...... 1 ounce

2 tablespoons salt...... 1 ounce

2 tablespoons sugar...... 1 ounce

4 tablespoons flour...... 1 ounce

1 square chocolate...... 1 ounce

4 cups flour....... 1 pound

2 cups sugar....... 1 pound

2 cups butter....... 1 pound

1 cup chopped suet...... \ pound

1 cup crumbs....... \ pound

1 cup chopped nut meats..... \ pound

1 cup currants....... \ pound

2 tablespoons cake crumbs..... 1 ounce

1 cup chopped cooked meat..... \ pound

1 cup bran........ 3 ounces

1 cup seeded raisins...... 8 ounces

1 cup Sultana raisins...... 6 ounces

40 marshmallows...... 6 ounces

1 cup Graham flour...... 5 ounces

10 or 9 medium eggs...... 1 pound

3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar..... 1 pound

1 cup corn meal....... 6 ounces

1/3 cup ground rice...... 2 ounces

1/4 cup brown sugar...... 1 1/2 ounces

2 cups grated cheese...... 8 ounces

1 cup rice........ 8 ounces

1/2 cup fine oatmeal...... 3 ounces

All materials are measured level, i.e., by filling spoon or cup more than full and leveling with a case knife.

To measure meal, flour, sugar, and similar ingredients, sift lightly into the measure, then level.

Standard measuring cups made of tin, aluminum, or glass, holding one half pint, always should be used. Coffee and tea cups vary so much that correct proportions cannot be obtained by using them.

To measure a spoonful of dry material, fill the spoon heaping, then level. To measure one half spoonful, fill and level the spoon, then divide in half lengthwise; for quarter spoonfuls, divide the halves crosswise.

Use level measurements in all recipes in this book.